Les Ames
Leslie Ethelbert George Ames
Born: 3 December 1905, Elham, Kent
Died: 27 February 1990, Canterbury, Kent
Major Teams: Kent, England.
Known As: Les Ames
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break
Other: Wicket-Keeper
Test Debut: England v South Africa at The Oval, 5th Test, 1929
Last Test: England v South Africa at Durban, 5th Test, 1938/39
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1929
Awarded CBE
Most dismissals in an English season (127 in 1929)
Most stumpings (64) in an English season
Achieved wicketkeeper's double (1000 runs and 100 dismissals) in each of three seasons (only achieved one other time in English cricket).
Only wicket-keeper to score 100 centuries.
Made 3000 runs in 1933 season, 2000 runs 5 times, 1000 17 times.
Record 8th wicket partnership in all tests of 246 with GO Allen
Made 123 in the pre-lunch session of the 1923 test against South Africa (a record for runs in a session)
Won Lawrence Trophy for fastest century in an English season twice.
Scored centuries against every first-class county apart from Kent.
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 47 72 12 2434 149 40.56 8 7 74 23
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling - - - - - - - - - -
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1926 - 1951)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 593 951 95 37248 295 43.51 102 176 704 417
Balls R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 1400 801 24 33.37 3-23 0 0 58.3 3.43
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
Les Ames was the finest wicketkeeper batsman to represent
England, and possibly the finest in that role to have played the
game. An excellent wicketkeeper both standing up and back, but
also an effective bat in any conditions, scoring over a hundred
hundreds in his career, and maintaining his place as the number 1
choice for both Kent and England for many years. He was worth an
England place for his middle order batting or for his
wicketkeeping alone. A tall man for a keeper, in later years he
was troubled by a bad back, but still had a first-class
career spanning a quarter of a century. He was an attractive
strokemaker, usually batting at 6 or 7. He served as an England
selector after retirement, and also managed three touring teams.
He served Kent as secretary/manager and later president,
where his influence in producing his great successors Evans
and Knott should not be underestimated. (Dave Liverman 2000)
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